Carey Olsen's work in the financial and corporate and
investment funds areas in Guernsey and Jersey has been recognised
by the legal industry in the 2015 International Financial Law
Review 1000 (IFLR1000) guide. This is on top of the firm's
recent tier 1 rankings across all of its Channel Island practice
areas in The UK Legal 500.

The IFLR1000 is a guide to the world's leading financial law
firms and is based on extensive independent research, which
includes interviews with the featured firms, client and competitor
feedback and market analysis from the past 12 months.

For the fifth consecutive year, Carey Olsen has retained its top
tier position in Guernsey for both categories. Within the
Investment Funds class, it is highlighted for maintaining its
"impressive record of advice" to domiciled funds, where
it has a 57% market share (Monterey Insight) as well as to LSE
listed funds and companies, where it advises more than any other
offshore law firm (Corporate Adviser Rankings 2014). Within the
Financial and Corporate category, it is noted for its high level of
M&A and restructuring activity over the past year.

This year also saw the firm receive another strong set of
mandates in Jersey, where is has held its position at the top of
the ranking tables. Client feedback singled out the "depth of
experience" within each practice area and the "partner
led" approach that the firm takes. Another client added,
"They were always available and responsive regardless of the
demanding time constraints. Their guidance was instrumental in
helping to structure the deal and they provided top-quality
analysis and feedback."

Highlighted deals across the firm include advising FSN Capital
Partners on the launch of FSN Capital IV, advising on the $1.2
billion LSE initial public offering (IPO) of Riverstone Energy
Limited, advising Apax partners on the launch of Apax VIII and
advising Morgan Stanley in relation to a Jersey expert fund and new
sub-funds.

Carey Olsen's substantial work in the M&A field included
advising First Names Group on the acquisition of Mercator and Anson
Group on the disposal of its fund administration business to JTC
Group. On the restructuring side, the firm's advice on the
reorganisation of the GCP Infrastructure Fund via a Jersey scheme
of arrangement was "notable for being the first time a scheme
of arrangement has been used to restructure a group of regulated
and unregulated funds."

The guide also champions 'Leading Lawyers' - individuals
who have proved themselves to be among the best in their respective
markets and who have a track record of innovative work - and
'Rising Stars', who are the 'Leading Lawyers' of
the future.

Leading Lawyers at Carey Olsen in Guernsey are partners
Christopher Anderson, Andrew Boyce, and Graham Hall, with senior
associate Andrew Tually and associate Alex Mauger named as Rising
Stars. In the Jersey office, the Leading Lawyers are partners
Nicholas Crocker, Mike Jeffrey, Rob Milner, Alex Ohlsson and Alan
Stevens along with senior associate James Fox.

Carey Olsen Chairman, John Kelleher, said: "Our top tier
status demonstrates the high level of our commercial advice and the
impeccable service that we provide to our clients across the
Channel Islands."

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